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These guidelines have been issued following a COPE Discussion Forum (4 September 2013, http://tinyurl.com/pn43bxk) and Discussion Document (February 2014,http://tinyurl.com/lqag4uh) on the subject, and it was initiated in the wake of a number of high-profile cases of research misconduct in which the sharing of information between the relevant editors-in-chief (EiCs) was crucial to the final settlement of the cases.

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Authors Steve Yentis (former COPE Council member and Editor-in-Chief, Anaesthesia) and COPE CouncilVersion 1 March 2015How to cite thisYentis S on behalf of COPE Council. Sharing of Information Among Editors-in-Chief Regarding Possible Misconduct. Version 1. March 2015 https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.1.7

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